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Win The Beatles' original contract with Brian Epstein
The "most important music contract" ever
Joe Bosso, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 3:58 pm BST
One lucky fan will score the biggest prize in music history: the original contract between The Beatles and Brian Epstein. And here's the best part: The Imagine Obtaining The Unobtainable Contest is open to anybody.
The contract, dated 1 October 1962, changed hands only a couple of times over the decades and was acquired for The Imagine Corporation at Christie's.
The contract is currently insured for £500,000 but is regarded as an irreplaceable piece of musical heritage.
"This competition is one of the most unbelievable events I've ever been involved in," Ted Owen, Director of Business Development for The Imagine Corporation, told MusicRadar.
"It's one thing to be able to bid on an iconic piece of music history such as this," says Owen, "but to possibly put it on the hands of anybody in the world, somebody who would never have the chance to acquire an historic item like this, it's truly spectacular."
